Major Jerry O'Neal Family photo album

O'Neal / Rose / Gibbs Photo Album

Left to right front row: Major Warren O'Neal; Melvin Robinson O'Neal; and Laura Lee O'Neal
Left to right back row: Major Jerry O'Neal; Nancy Murray (Gibbs) O'Neal holding her granddaughter, Marguerite Spencer (only child of Eva Mae & Harry Lee Spencer); Eva Mae (O'Neal) Spencer [hidden by the baby]; and Annie O'Neal.

Major Jerry O'Neal (left), son of Hugh J. O'Neal & Mrs. Agnes Tate Rew Sermons, was born October 6, 1865 and died January 14, 1937. He was first married to Martha E. Brooks who died c. 1906 and they had 6 children; three did not live to maturity.
   1. Locker Lee O'Neal (29 Feb 1888 - 27 Mar 1961) md. Lucy Cahoon
   2. Irvin Randolph O'Neal (Aug. 1890 - ???) md. Lessie Spencer
   3. Lillie M. O'Neal (Dec 1896 - ???)

His 2^nd wife (shown above on right) was Nancy Murray (Gibbs) O'Neal. Nancy was born March 2, 1895. She was almost 14 years of age when she married Major Jerry O'Neal in Hyde Co. on July 26, 1908. Seven children were born from this union.
   1. Eva Mae O'Neal (9 Sep 1910 - 27 Sep 1990) md. 1st Harry Lee Spencer; 2nd Ottis Lee Gurganus
   2. Lucy Pearl O'Neal (1913 - 11 Dec 1914)
   3. Lula O'Neal (2 Apr 1917 - 16 Oct 1978) md. Roy C. Todd
   4. Annie Mary O'Neal (21 Dec 1919 - 3 Jun 2005) md. Chester L. Simmons
   5. Major Warren O'Neal (26 Jan 1925 - _____)
   6. Laura Lee O'Neal (2 Jan 1928 - ______) md. Raymond Guyton Sanderlin
   7. Melvin Robinson O'Neal (2 Jan 1928 - _____) md. 1st Joyce ???; 2nd Dorothy ???

Left to right: Eva Mae O'Neal, Claude Ward; Lucy Pearl O'Neal

Martha Rose Gibbs--her hair came out Mary Ann Gibbs Rose
and she always wore a bonnet. She is holding
Walton Samuel Gibbs, son of William Fred
& Donnie (Ambrose) Gibbs. Walton was
born circa 1937 & died in Norfolk, Va. on July
7, 1993.

(Photos and information kindly submitted by Wanda (Sanderlin) Parks.

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